Orestes Cleveland

Orestes Cleveland

Orestes Cleveland (born March 2, 1829 in Duanesburg , Schenectady County , New York , †  March 30, 1896 in Norwich , Vermont ) was an American politician . Between 1869 and 1871 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Orestes Cleveland attended public schools in his homeland. In 1845 he moved to Jersey City , New Jersey. There he produced pencils and oven polishes, among other things. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Jersey City council in 1861 and 1862, chairing it in 1862. Cleveland served as mayor of that city from 1864 to 1866. In the congressional election of 1868 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Republican George A. Halsey , whom he had defeated in the election, on March 4, 1869 . Since he lost to Halsey in 1870, he was only able to serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1871 .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Cleveland worked in Jersey City for the company Forbes Fiber Co. In 1880, he ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the upcoming gubernatorial elections . Between 1886 and 1891, Cleveland was once again mayor of Jersey City, succeeding Gilbert Collins . In 1888 he was one of the founders of the city's trade commission, of which he became the first president. In 1892 Cleveland moved to Tenafly and soon after to Englewood . For health reasons he went to Norwich, Vermont, where he died on March 30, 1896.

Web links

• Orestes Cleveland in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Orestes Cleveland in the database of Find a Grave (English)